The term centre-left has two distinct meanings in politics:

• Centre-left can be used to describe and denote political parties or organisations that stretch from the centre to the left or are moderately left-wing, as opposed to 'extreme' left wing beliefs such as communism. The centre-left roughly comprises European social democrats, some democratic socialists, progressive liberals, greens and reformist Marxists. Centre-left supporters moderately accept market allocation of resources in a mixed economy with a significant public sector and a thriving private sector. Centre-left policies tend to favour limited state intervention in the economy in matters pertaining to the public interest. Also, the centre-left often favours moderate environmentalist policies.

• Centre-left can also describe a coalition of left-wing and centrist parties.

Examples of Centre-left parties

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Examples of centre-left political parties include:

• In Australia:
  • Australian Labor Party
• In Denmark:
  • Republican Party
• In Germany:
  • Social Democratic Party of Germany
• In India
  • Indian National Congress
• In Israel
  • Kadima (unsure whether its center or center-left by many)
• In Italy:
  • The Union (political coalition)
• In New Zealand:
  • New Zealand Labour Party
• In Norway:
  • Norwegian Labour Party
  • Red-Green Coalition
• In Poland:
  • The Democratic Party
• In Sweden:
  • Social Democrats
• In the United Kingdom:
  • The Labour Party
  • The Liberal Democrats
• In the United States:
  • The Democratic Party

See also

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• Centre-right
• Left-wing politics
• Left-right politics
• Far-left
• Ultra-left
• Left-Right politics
• Ideology

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